Valve-guard.



W. L. FRAZER.

VALVE GUARD.

APPLICATION FILED OCT- ze, I816.

Patanted J 11116 12, 1917.

Specification. 01 Letters l acent.

Application filed (Ictoher 191G.

it known that I, amina L FRAZER, a

Ten of the Unitcd States, rcsiding at San 5'0, in the county oi. San Diego and Stal 5 oil? Oil-h1g0? ia, havc invcntcd :1 now aini usctlinl. Valve-Guard, of which the following is a ciflcation.

The flSVlCQ :lomning thc Sllbjflljll llllllllul, at his application is a guard for an air 'alvc tho kind used on tires, ainl tho invcntion to proviclc novel moans for holding; thc guard in place.

t within the pl'ovincc of tho disclosure to improve gcnci'allv and to cnhancc tho 1w utility of (h oi. that typo to which the 'Pl'PSOllh invcntion appcrtains.

ll ith tho abovc and other ohjccts in view ivl'iich will appear as tho (inscription pro l tho invention 1'QS'i(lQS in tho combina- I and arrangement of parts and in tho ilctails of construction hcicinaltcr (lcscrihcd claimed, it being unilcifstood that chai'igcs in the precise cinhoiiliincnt of the invcn tion heroin disclosed can he made withpa of What is claimed, Without (lcaiting iron: the spirit of the invention.

3 tho accompanying drawings i 1 shows in longitudinal section, a lvc whcrcvvith the clevlcc forming the matter.- Ofthis application has been a 'c'l'oss section on the line 2- 1 V 1; anti l is a cross section on the line 38 ig. l.

in the accompanying drawings, the nu tinci'al .l. indicatcs thc stcni of a valve carrya tip :2, thc tip 2 inchnling an cnlargcd "3 lntci'mcdiatc portion 3.

I lnvertcd over the stcm 1 cl: tho valve a tnlulai cap ll which is closed at its out oi. lEHliCfilXXlfll] At tho lower end of "I arc Formcd a plm'ality of tongues a i projcct towai'il thc closccl end 5 oil cap. The tongues preferably arc "tl intcgrally With the cap 4 aml a'i'c Er will make manifest. il'ntmrn'lcrli s, the tongues 'ocnt invrarclly at "I, so that they hear yieldingly 1c hocl rtion or stem 1 of the 8 of the tongues 6 hear All? DIEGO, CALU an it circnmtcrontially oi? the cap,.

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Serial No. 1 7,587.

jvichlingly ainl slinlahly against the innci' facc oil. tho cap 4t. ih'ljaccnt its upper coil, tho cap is oquippctl with a plurality of lonn'ituiliuallv '1'-:tcn lc .l, circuinhu'cntially s mccil iihs or corrugations l, which, coopci': ting with tho cnlai'gml intcrnnwliatc portion 3 of tho tip 9 of thc valve, aid in holding thc cap i in placc.

It will he uiulci'stoorl readily that the cap 4. may he slid oil of thc parts i anal J of the valvc at any time, but the construction is such that the cap will he sccurcly hchl in placc on tho valve.

it is to be noted that the lnulv portion 01: stcin 1 Oil tho valve is externally lhi'caclcil as shown at '10, to engage with the nut ll which clamps the member 1 to the telly not shown). Tho cap 1} is constructed that it can he applied to the valve Without injuring the threads indicated at 10. Further, it is possible to Withdraw tlh cap l by a longi tuclinal movcincnt, without Llill'iculty, sinca, as inclica tccl at 'Z, the tongncs (3 are curvccl or convoxcd inwardly so as to hear sliclahly 0n the hotly portion 1 of the valve, thcrc being no possibility that tho ends 8 of the tongues G will catch in the threads 10.

Having; thus closcrilocd the invention, What is claimed is Ii. In a device of tho class described, a valve including hotly ancl tip; and a cap housing the valve, the cap being" provided ailjaccnt one and with loi'igituclinal 'rih; ongag'ing the tip, anl being provirlccl at its other oncl With internal resilient tongues cnthe body.

2. In a device of the class described, a valve inclu ling a hotly and a tip; and a cap housing the valve, the cap btlllg proviilml agljaccnt one cml with longitiirlinal rihs ongaging the tip, and licing); proviclml at its other cnrl with internal tongues tlcxcl intcrlllldliltl, thcii ends to lKZH' on tho body of the valve, thc innci' ends of tho tongues hearing sliilahlv on tho intcz' or of the cap.

In testimony that claim the foregoing as n v own, I havc hci'cto allixoil my signature n tho prcscncc of two Witncsscs.

- 'Wlllflhlll L. FRAZER.

W1 tnesses 7 Jon E, Cnosnnv, Cin'oanns J SMITH. 

